OGC Nice don secure dem place for Ligue 1 next season after dem beat AS Saint-Étienne 4-1, and one man wey get hand for that victory na Elye Wahi. The 23-year-old striker, wey join Nice for January, don score seven goals for 18 games, and e help the club avoid relegation.
Before e go join Ivory Coast for the FIFA World Cup, Wahi yarn with Get French Football News. When dem ask am how e rate im return to France, e say, “Honestly, there were highs and lows. I got injured too, and so that stopped my momentum, but in any case, I managed to come back in time to help the team, and that’s the most important thing.”
Wahi go represent Ivory Coast for the World Cup, and e talk about the competition. “We will do everything to do just that. We mustn’t set ourselves limits on what we can do and give everything that we have in every match,” e yarn. For am, the World Cup na dream. “It’s a dream and, at the moment, it doesn’t feel real. I think it will be the moment that I step onto the pitch that it will feel real.”
When dem ask am about the favourites, Wahi no mince word. “I think that there are several. Are we one of them? I think the Ivory Coast is one, or at least we can be.”